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Now, this may not be a burning concern unless one happens to be an opera composer. For audiences whose idea of a proper night at the opera is an aria-laden 19th Century potboiler, Strauss’ ...

Renee Fleming has taken her time bringing one of her most celebrated operatic roles, Countess Madeleine in Richard Strauss’ “Capriccio,” to the company for which she serves as creative consultant. But ...

Richard Strauss's Capriccio is an opera within an opera on the unlikely and self-conscious subject of opera itself. In the course of what is essentially a 2½-hour conversation about aesthetics, a poet ...

If the term “inner migration” can fairly describe the mind-set of musicians who chose to remain in Germany during World War II, then Richard Strauss took the ultimate trip. Consider Capriccio, his ...

On Saturday, the high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera will be Richard Strauss' last opera, "Capriccio." The performance will begin at noon at the AMC Town Plaza 5 in Cape Girardeau.

Capriccio, Strauss's last completed opera and the work he considered his "testament," hasn't been heard at Covent Garden since 1991. Its current revival in concert is to some extent a vehicle for ...

00:01, Sat, Jun 9, 2018 Updated: 14:09, Tue, Jun 19, 2018 Strauss and his librettist Clemens Krauss composed the work as affirmation of the enduring power of art. Tim Albery updates the opera to the ...